Once upon a time, there was a two-way race for supremacy in Top Echelon Network. That race involved Trey Cameron of Cameron Craig Group and Steve Kohn of Affinity Executive Search, Inc.

The COVID-19 pandemic threw that race into disarray, but now that the market is once again red-hot for recruiters, there is a three-way race in Top Echelon. That’s because Michael Stuck of Gables Search Group made his Network presence known in a BIG way this past year.

And Michael definitely finished the year strong, as he claimed both Recruiter of the Month honors for December and Recruiter of the Quarter accolades for the fourth quarter of 2021. In terms of the latter, Trey finished second and Steve was third, as you can see below.

The big question is who won Recruiter of the Year honors in Top Echelon Network?

Find out in next week’s issue of The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog!

Due to changes to this regular feature in The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog, we now base the order of the recruiters on their amount of “cash-in” dollars, as opposed to the number of split placements they made during the quarter.

So congratulations to the recruiters listed below and congratulations to every Network member who made a split placement during the fourth quarter of 2021!

Recruiters of the Fourth Quarter 2021

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First Place

Recruiter: Michael Stuck
Agency: Gables Search Group
Placements: Fifty-eight (58)
Commission: $365,199
Date agency joined TE: March 9, 2005
Career Top Echelon placements: 293
Career Top Echelon cash-in: $1,762,702

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Second Place

Recruiter: Trey Cameron
Agency: Cameron Craig Group
Placements: Thirty-seven (37)
Commission: $286,155
Date agency joined TE: January 24, 2003
Career Top Echelon placements: 1,145
Career Top Echelon cash-in: $8,830,649

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Third Place

Recruiter: Steve Kohn
Agency: Affinity Executive Search, Inc.
Placements: Seventeen (17)
Commission: $176,414
Date agency joined TE: July 28, 1994
Career Top Echelon placements: 460
Career Top Echelon cash-in: $3,905,911

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Fourth Place

Recruiter: Jim Strickland 
Agency: BioSource Recruiters
Placements: Nine (9)
Commission: $111,202
Date agency joined TE: October 17, 2003
Career Top Echelon placements: 188
Career Top Echelon cash-in: $1,366,426

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Fifth Place

Recruiter: Gary Schultz
Agency: Work 22, Inc.
Placements: Thirteen (13)
Commission: $99,091
Date agency joined TE: May 30, 2017
Career Top Echelon placements: 86
Career Top Echelon cash-in: $552,068

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Sixth Place

Recruiter: Brad Dodge
Agency: iLocatum Recruiting
Placements: Eight (8)
Commission: $84,467
Date agency joined TE: April 16, 2018
Career Top Echelon placements: 33
Career Top Echelon cash-in: $287,973

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Seventh Place

Recruiter: Kerry Boehner 
Agency: KOB Solutions, Inc.
Placements: Six (6)
Commission: $73,320
Date agency joined TE: March 23, 2010
Career Top Echelon placements: 80
Career Top Echelon cash-in: $791,502

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Eighth Place

Recruiter: Ann Boland 
Agency:  The Boland Group
Placements: Four (4)
Commission: $73,113
Date agency joined TE: November 14, 2001
Career Top Echelon placements: 63
Career Top Echelon cash-in: $727,024

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Ninth Place

Recruiter: Brian Abrams 
Agency: PMO Partners
Placements: Ten (10)
Commission: $72,140
Date agency joined TE: February 14, 2020
Career Top Echelon placements: 32
Career Top Echelon cash-in: $204,600

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Tenth Place

Recruiter: Terry Rhodes
Agency: NewCareers
Placements: Twenty-five (25)
Commission: $71,813
Date agency joined TE: June 19, 2003
Career Top Echelon placements: 320
Career Top Echelon cash-in: $2,194,419

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If you’re looking to make more placements with your Top Echelon split recruiting membership, then contact Director of Network Operations Drea Codispoti, CPC/CERS.

You can do so by calling 330.455.1433, x156 or by sending an email to drea@topechelon.com.

There’s no better way to end the year than with big placement fees, and that’s exactly what some members of Top Echelon Network did at the end of 2021!

In fact, we have 10 pair of Network members who did just that, and they contributed to the largest split fees in TE during the fourth quarter.

Congratulations to Jennifer Hull of Jenn Resources and Jim Strickland of BioSource Recruiters, who claimed the biggest split fee of the quarter. We also extend congratulations to Ann Boland of The Boland Group, who was part of three of the 10 fees listed below.

As a reminder, Top Echelon determines the monthly and quarterly winners of its Network split fee recruiting awards in four distinct categories:

1.) Recruiter of the Month
2.) Largest Split Fee of the Month
3.) Recruiter of the Quarter
4.) Largest Split Fee of the Quarter

We only announce the winners of these awards in The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog. We do so usually (but not always) in the issue following the conclusion of each month and/or quarter.

Congratulations to everybody who made the largest split fees in Top Echelon Network during the fourth quarter of 2021!

Largest Split Fees of the Quarter

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First Place

Jennifer Hull of Jenn Resources and Jim Strickland of BioSource Recruiters

The position for this split placement was a Senior Level – Critical Trial Management and the fee percentage associated with this placement was 25%.

Jennifer was the job order recruiter and Jim was the candidate recruiter.

The fee for this split placement was $51,250.

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Second Place

John Moskonas of The ARGroup of Search Companies and Brent Barth of bizjobz LLC

The position for this split placement was a Vice President – Investments and the fee percentage associated with this placement was 25%.

John was the job order recruiter and Brent was the candidate recruiter.

The fee for this split placement was $50,000.

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Third Place

Peggy Baggott of RCC Group, LLC and Robin Shaw of Robin Shaw

The position for this split placement was a Director of Human Resources and the fee percentage associated with this placement was 30%.

Peggy was the job order recruiter and Robin was the candidate recruiter.

The fee for this split placement was $48,000.

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Fourth Place

Jeff Raymond of Craft Recruiting and Sheri Brenner of RMI Recruiting

The position for this split placement was a Mechanical Construction Project Executive and the fee percentage associated with this placement was 25%.

Jeff was the job order recruiter and Sheri was the candidate recruiter.

The fee for this split placement was $46,250.

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Fifth Place

David Evans of Perfect Fit Placement and Ann Boland of The Boland Group

The position for this split placement was an Executive Director and the fee percentage associated with this placement was 28%.

David was the job order recruiter and Ann was the candidate recruiter.

The fee for this split placement was $44,800.

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Sixth Place

Pat McCombs, CPC of KB Search Team, LLC and Ann Boland of The Boland Group

The position for this split placement was a Vice President – Property and Casualty Underwriting and the fee percentage associated with this placement was 22%.

Pat was the job order recruiter and Ann was the candidate recruiter.

The fee for this split placement was $44,000.

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Seventh Place

Kerry Boehner of KOB Solutions, Inc. and Steve Kohn of Affinity Executive Search, Inc.

The position for this split placement was a Director of Oncology – Drug Development and the fee percentage associated with this placement was 20%.

Kerry was the job order recruiter and Steve was the candidate recruiter.

The fee for this split placement was $41,000.

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Eighth Place

Brian Abrams of PMO Partners and Michael Stuck of Gables Search Group

The position for this split placement was a Director of Project Management and the fee percentage associated with this placement was 25%.

Brian was the job order recruiter and Michael was the candidate recruiter.

The fee for this split placement was $40,000.

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Ninth Place

David Evans of Perfect Fit Placement and Ann Boland of The Boland Group

The position for this split placement was an Executive Director and the fee percentage associated with this placement was 28%.

David was the job order recruiter and Ann was the candidate recruiter.

The fee for this split placement was $39,760.

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10th Place

Julie Mysinger of Hire Horizons and Gary Nashif of SMB Recruiters, LLC

The position for this split placement was a Chemical Sales Engineer and the fee percentage associated with this placement was 25%.

Julie was the job order recruiter and Gary was the candidate recruiter.

The fee for this split placement was $36,500.

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If YOU want to make more money through Top Echelon’s recruiting network, then contact Director of Network Operations Drea Codispoti, CPC/CERS.

You can reach Drea by calling 330.455.1433, x156 or by sending an email to drea@topechelon.com.

Top Echelon offers a free monthly webinar as part of its Expert Recruiter Coaching Series.

These webinars touch upon a variety of recruiter-related topics. These topics deal with both job candidates and clients. As always, our goal with these webinars is to help professional recruiters and executive search consultants just like YOU make more placements.

We record these webinars for those recruiters who can’t attend the live presentation, and we’re now pleased to offer the video from our most recent webinar by Tony Restell of Social-Hire.com.

The title of that webinar (and corresponding training video) is “How to Win New Clients Using Social Media.”

Below is the official description for this training video:

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Overall, this past year was a good one for professional recruiters and executive search consultants. But if one thing is true about the recruiting profession, it’s that you can never have too many job orders or too many clients.

In the next webinar in Top Echelon’s Expert Recruiter Coaching Series, Tony Restell will reveal some of Social-Hire.com’s proven tactics for winning new clients via social media. Tony, the founder of a specialist social media agency serving the recruitment industry, will share the following (among other things):

• The key things to focus on to get results (and why you’re probably spending time doing lots of things that don’t work)
• How to consistently book calls with potential clients
• How most of this can be delegated to other team members or outsourced, so it doesn’t need to eat up a lot of your time
• And much more!

The New Year is upon us, and with it come new goals for production. Gear up for 2022 by watching this video and discover “How to Win New Clients Using Social Media”!

Watch this FREE training video!

Recorded versions of our Expert Recruiter Coaching Series webinars are posted on our website as free online recruitment training courses in the Top Echelon Recruiter Training Library.

Keep an eye out for the next free webinar in our Expert Recruiter Coaching Series!

Top Echelon Training Specialist J.D. Fye recently conducted a special Training Tuesday webinar titled, “Take Full Advantage of Texting in Big Biller in 2022!“

You may have attended this free webinar on Tuesday, January 4. On the other hand, you may not have been in attendance.

Regardless, we have the recorded version of the webinar, which I am presenting to you now. (The recording is also located in the Top Echelon Help Center.)

If you are not a user of the Big Biller recruiting software, then check out the video, anyway, to see how the software could benefit your recruiting desk and agency!

We at Top Echelon are continually working to make the resources that we provide to our customers better, and this is more proof!

Below is the official description of this training video:

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Are you sending texts to your candidates through Big Biller yet? You’re not? Then maybe it’s time for a New Year’s resolution!

Join Top Echelon Customer Success Manager J.D. Fye for a fresh look at Big Biller’s premium texting feature in our first Training Tuesday webinar video of 2022. During this presentation, J.D. covers:

• Setting up and managing your texting subscription
• Various ways to send texts from within your database
• Adjusting your notifications to make sure you stay on top of replies
• And much more!

Get ready to make 2022 one of your best years yet by watching this video and discovering how to “Take Full Advantage of Texting in Big Biller in 2022”!

Watch this Help Center training video!

Remember to check The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog every week for more updates regarding Top Echelon software improvements and upgrades.

If you have any questions about how you can maximize your Top Echelon split network membership, please contact Director of Network Operations Drea Codispoti, CPC/CERS.

You can do so by calling 330.455.1433, x156 or by sending an email to drea@topechelon.com.